Jandakot Airport lessee and property investment group, Ascot Capital, is eyeing land north of Perth for a potential expansion of the airport in the event of its controversial plan for a complete move failing to gain approval.
Private developers may soon be required to spend up to 1 per cent of their city project budgets on providing public art, following a City of Perth review of its arts policy.
The Town of Claremont will initiate a town planning scheme amendment next month to kick start the state government’s planned redevelopment of Claremont Oval and land north of the railway station.
The possibility of Broome becoming Western Australia’s second international flight hub next year is helping drive a major development push in the town, leading to strong sales of existing hotel properties.
West Leederville will get its first shopping centre in August next year following moves by supermarket giant Coles to anchor a new $30 million retail and office complex under construction at 115 Cambridge Street.
Premier Alan Carpenter’s move this week to turn up the heat on political lobbyists by creating a register of their activities, has prominent lobbyists and peak industry bodies puzzled.
Toni Lehaney plans to leave an indelible mark on the Western Australian motoring scene with a combination of determination, big-picture vision and a touch of finesse.
After 10 years’ development, material scientist Paul Huggett is ready to take his composite alloy products to the world. But the Perth inventor knows he needs to conquer the local market first.
Rockingham is shaking off its industrial image with a massive council works program and a number of residential and commercial developments concentrated on its foreshore precinct.
Western Australian small business minister Norm Marlborough has been sacked from cabinet after the state's corruption watchdog revealed explosive evidence of secret dealings he had with disgraced former premier Brian Burke.
From new-age eco units to the latest in residential town living, Western Australia’s mining giants are embarking on a housing spending spree in the Pilbara to accommodate a growing, and more demanding, workforce.
Unstable housing foundations and resulting cracked walls are estimated to cost Australians hundreds of millions of dollars a year to remedy, but one innovative Perth engineer has emerged with a solution.
Housing construction in the town of Karratha may be at capacity, but it is not discouraging developers and property investors from heading north to find opportunities.
The State Administrative Tribunal’s recent approval of an $80 million 12-storey development for Hawthorne Place in Burswood has set the wheels in motion for a transformation of the Causeway precinct.
The upward movement in official interest rates has affected confidence among potential borrowers in Western Australia, according to figures from the Department of Land Information.
Perth’s Royal Kings Park Tennis Club is aiming to host a Davis Cup tie after the completion of its $20 million redevelopment, scheduled for March next year, with club officials confirming they are in discussions with organisers of the tournament.
A further rise in interest rates next week, coupled with increasing housing prices and slow residential land releases in Western Australia, has industry analysts predicting a significant fall in housing starts in 2006-07.
